March 21, 2013

First Spring Scrimmage Set For Saturday

Six practices into their spring practice schedule, the Miami Hurricanes will host the first of their three spring scrimmages Saturday. The Canes’ first spring scrimmage will be held at Miami’s Traz-Powell Stadium at 10 a.m.

The Canes will then have four more practices before their second spring scrimmage of 2013 – an April 5 trip to Naples High School in Naples, Fla. (7 p.m. start). Miami’s annual Spring Game will conclude spring practice April 13 at Sun Life Stadium (3 p.m.).

Admission to all three spring scrimmages is free and open to the public.

Head coach Al Golden and his Hurricanes squad opened their spring practice slate March 2, holding four practices before Spring Break.

Per NCAA rules, NCAA Division I football programs may conduct a spring practice segment in which a maximum of 15 practice sessions may occur.

The segment must be conducted over a span of 34 consecutive days, excluding institutional vacation periods and exam days.

At least he kept it close last year if you're a Missouri fan/Brad Pitt.

Now the question how far past or short of the expected seeding round for UM will they go? They're seeded as a great eight elimination, so who thinks they make it that far, farther or shorter and who knocks them out, assuming you're not like me and don't have them beating Louisville by a point for the national championship?

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They don't even have athletic scholarships. About the only advantage an athlete would get is slightly relaxed entrance requirements, and even then you're still talking about athletes that have extremely high academic performance that would get them into just about every school including some Ivys.

In defense of Ohio Cane a couple of kids flat out lied. He was not "off" in who he thought was coming here. AC flat out told our staff he was coming, we was lied to, Ohio got the same intel I got but the kids lied what can u do?, recruit better kids who Want to be Canes and do not have coaches who don't want them to be.

“Gray is a little bit ahead of Preston right now,” Golden said of the two redshirt freshmen. “So Gray is competing with Ryan. Stephen [ Morris] is clearly the No. 1, but Ryan and Gray are fighting for No. 2.”

Golden said he will get a look at all four of his quarterbacks in Saturday’s 10 a.m. scrimmage at Traz Powell Stadium.

The fifth quarterback on campus, freshman David Thompson, is on the baseball team and is not participating in spring practice.

Thompson missed the Canes’ past two baseball games because of soreness in his surgically repaired right shoulder, but Golden said he is not concerned about the injury or the dual-sport athlete’s ability to pick up the football playbook.

“David is really bright, and he will learn what he needs to learn,” Golden said.

Senior Jimmy Gaines and sophomore Raphael Kirby are competing for the starting job at middle linebacker.

The Canes, who finished 82nd in the nation in points allowed last season, are looking for help on defense. They also finished 112th in rushing yards allowed, an area that falls under the jurisdiction of a middle linebacker.

Gaines, a 6-3, 235-pounder, has the advantage of experience, having started 14 games the past two years.

Kirby (6-0, 230 pounds) has yet to start a college game. But he might be the more high-end prospect considering that he was a four-star recruit out of Georgia and has put on 22 pounds since his arrival.

Gaines, who was a two-star recruit from Buffalo, N.Y., has earned praise for his football intelligence, a key factor for a middle linebacker.

“Jimmy rarely makes a mistake,” Canes defensive coordinator Mark D’Onofrio said. “He’s tough and continuing to get better. At [middle linebacker], you have to be a guy who is confident and can put out the calls quick.”

Golden called it a “great competition” and added that Kirby, who played outside linebacker in high school, could move back there if the need arises.

“But if he can [play the middle] and be the captain of the defense, we’d like to leave him there,” Golden said.

Golden said it was Kirby’s intelligence and confidence that made him a natural to play inside. Kirby is also stronger and more poised this year than last year, the coach said.

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I was only concerned with those you predicted coming here O_C, that's why they got left off, who cares who goes elsewhere IMO, but you're right, I did get rid of the ones you predicted going elsewhere so I don't know if they where right or not.

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Thought the knock on UM was, 'haven't done it yet as a group, little depth?'

Looks like the reserves decided to hold down the turbo button all game today just like the starters. This is what champions do in the fist half of their openers, step on the throat and don't let up, take notes overrated #1 team from Washington.

LMFAO! Who wants my leftover collection of post-game-loss-presser-Al-Golden-bingo cards? I'm not playing that lame game anymore in my lifetime. Remember, can't win without, "We all have to get better, players, coaches, staff."

If Durand shoots like this from behind the arc for five more games, get some space ready in the trophy case, no doorstops with this one. Reggie looks like he's getting back to his early season form which is a scary piece of news for the rest of this region.

Well my bracket is toast but my final 4 teams are all still alive! The canes looked great today in a game that they were suppose to look great in.
Louisville was the only other team in my Final Four that dominated like Miami. I have Miami beating Louisville in the final.

Great game by the 'Canes hoops terms. They got first game jitters out of the way... Now they have some post season experience. I am hoping they are starting to click on all cylinders like in January early February.

Ever since Johnson hurt his finger and Gamble stepped his game up to spark that win streak, UM has been a team that can only allow the opposition to beat them by beating themselves, either by poor defensive effort or a cold shooting night collectively as a team. Other than that they can play whatever kind of game you want and beat you at it.

Illinois will have to find a way to match the paint scoring and limit offensive rebounds to have a chance, although their guards will be able to make the game difficult if they can get off to a fast shooting start Sunday.

Big Reggie finally showed up. This was his best game in a month. 7 pts 10 rebs. I hope he keeps it up. Nice warm up game for Illinois. They play just like Pacific but are better at doing it. If we bring the intensity, we'll win convincingly...

Predictably, teams pad the player's heights in b-ball. Heck, I was 6'6" in high school at the state tournament and 6'-7" in college.I finally requested the PR people to list me at 6'-3" in the program my junior year. Point being. They are probably shorter than listed.
P.S. I'm 6'3.5".

That guideline should really go without saying, but former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson stepped all over it when he recently said on his Houston radio show that current Patriots lineman Vince Wilfork had the ugliest wife in the NFL.

“You know what, I’ve got it,” Johnson said on CBS Houston when a caller asked him to identify the player with the least attractive wife. “And this is a big, big man. This guy had his way with the Texans this year. He won’t hear this — Vince Wilfork.”

Thing was, there was no way Wilfork — who played on the 2004 New England team with Johnson — wasn't going to hear that awful response in this age of sports blogs and Twitter.

And once he did, let's just say that Johnson was lucky Wilfork didn't book the next flight to Houston to teach him a thing or two about respect. (Would anyone here have blamed him if Wilfork forcibly fed Johnson his microphone?)

Wilfork instead took to Twitter to point out just how wrong Johnson was:

It really is a shame that Wilfork was put in this position. Bianca Wilfork has always been very public with her support of her husband and the couple runs The Vince Wilfork Foundation, which raises money for diabetes research. She may not fit society's traditional definition of beautiful but she's clearly beautiful to the only person whose opinion matters — Vince Wilfork.

After seeing Wilfork's angry tweet, Johnson took to Twitter and tried to apologize. it was much too late. His original comment was despicable and there's not enough sorries in the world to make up for what he said

So basically, Vince doesn't have to worry about that ex teammate breaking his fidelity vow they gave each other with his wife. Any word what Vince's wife thinks of Ted's ream antler spray enhanced forehead?

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